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9782884491358

Social Roles of Sport in Caribbean Societies

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  • ISBN13:

    9782884491358

  • ISBN10:

    288449135X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-11-01
  • Publisher: Gordon & Breach Science Pub

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For the first time, a single book looks at the political, social, economic and cultural effects that sports such as baseball, soccer, basketball, and cricket have on today's modern Caribbean society. This collection of essays by authors from various disciplines paints an interesting and timely portrait of sports by examining their function in Caribbean society.Social Role of Sport in Caribbean Societiesdiscusses not only the cultural aspects of Caribbean sports but their economic and political impact as well. Overall, this book provides an in-depth exploration of the very powerful effect that sport has on society in general and the Caribbean in particular.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series ix
Preface xi
Neglected Fields: Sports in the Caribbean
1(12)
Michael A. Malec
Cricket, Colonialism, and the Culture of Caribbean Politics
13(40)
Kevin A. Yelvington
West Indian Cricket as Cultural Resistance
53(32)
Maurice St. Pierre
Ideologies of West Indian Cricket
85(22)
Christine Cummings
Gender, Inequality, Sport, and Professional Achievement in Jamaica
107(18)
Beverley J. Anderson
Headcase, Headstrong, and Head-of-the-Class: Resocialization and Labelling in Dominican Baseball
125(28)
Alan M. Klein
A Parkboy Remembers Colts, Products of a Subculture of Sport
153(20)
Roy L. Austin
Wither Jets, Hawks, and Civic? Conflict, Continuity, and Change in the Organization of Sport in a Trinidad Community: The Case of Port Fortin, 1970-1993
173(24)
Roy Derek McCree
Open Cultural Space: Grassroots Basketball in the English-Speaking Caribbean
197(14)
Jay R. Mandle
Joan D. Mandle
The Making and Remaking of White Lightning in Cuba: Politics, Sport, and Physical Education Thirty Years after the Revolution
211(18)
John Sugden
Alan Tomlinson
Eamon McCartan
``And They're Off'': Sport and the Maintenance of Community in St. Croix
229
John R. Mitrano
Robbin E. Smith

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